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Brutal death metal and grindcore band from Alessandria in Piedmont, Italy, active since 2022. Their sound combines the grinding extremity of both genres into a relentless display of sonic violence.
Death metal and grindcore band from Scotland, active since 2023 and delivering rapid-fire extremity with a whimsical twist suggested by their playful name. Their sound combines grinding intensity with Scottish irreverence.
Black metal project from Lower Saxony, Germany, with a distinctly modern identity reflected in their internet-age name, active since 2022. Their releases The Discord Album and The Media War channel black metal through a contemporary lens, commenting on digital-age themes.
Users is a heavy/thrash metal band from Celje, Slovenia, active since 2018 and trafficking in aggressive, riff-driven metal from Slovenia's third-largest city. The project contributes to the growing Slovenian thrash metal underground.
Melodic death metal band from the small Alpine town of Belley, France, active since 2012. Their sound carries the melodic death metal tradition through compositions that balance aggression with hook-laden guitar harmonies.
Sludge metal band from Lahti, Finland, active since 2012 with multiple releases including split albums, blending doom and sludge with hardcore punk and powerviolence. Their Finnish-language tracks deliver crushing weight through extended compositions, connected to the wider Finnish underground through labels like Sewer Prison.
Usnea formed in Portland, Oregon in 2011, playing an expansive style of doom and death metal that incorporated funeral doom pacing, sludge density, and black metal atmosphere. Their three main studio albums — Usnea (2013), Random Cosmic Violence (2014), and Portals Into Futility (2017) — were released on Relapse Records and earned sustained critical attention within underground doom circles. The band disbanded in 2024 after a final album, Bathed in Light (2023).
Melodic black metal project from Paris, France, active since 2021 and blending melody with black metal's raw intensity. Their Parisian origin places them within the rich tradition of French black metal while their melodic approach adds accessibility.
Ustamorn is an atmospheric and avant-garde black metal project from Romania, emerging in 2024 with an approach that blends unconventional structures with black metal foundations. The project pushes at the boundaries of the genre with experimental ambition.
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